---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- FALSE REPRESENTATION OF MILITARY STATUS (Creates the crime of stolen valor, for falsely representing himself or herself as a member of the military or armed forces, which is punishable by imprisonment of not more than one year, a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- FALSE REPRESENTATION OF MILITARY STATUS (Creates the crime of stolen valor, for falsely representing himself or herself as a member of the military or armed forces, which is punishable by imprisonment of not more than one year, a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2425"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2425 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Felag", "Picard", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/652152da-2b93-4345-9507-e4e2bdb16ab5"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "37f4a00aab097432a29f70cedf4f84edcdf617f54f9174d9bb2ca6129c88c24c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island SB 2425 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- FALSE REPRESENTATION OF MILITARY STATUS (Creates the crime of stolen valor, for falsely representing himself or herself as a member of the military or armed forces, which is punishable by imprisonment of not more than one year, a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **2425 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2425A.pdf)

## Votes

- MILITARY STATUS — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Picard — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-02-15** 02/15/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04** 03/04/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/09/2022)
- **2022-03-09** 03/09/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/10/2022)
- **2022-05-09** 05/09/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-05-10** 05/10/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-10** 05/10/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/12/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-12** 05/12/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/02/2022)
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/09/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/652152da-2b93-4345-9507-e4e2bdb16ab5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).